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adding extra cooling to HV battery?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Accessories & Modifications' started by k1ngn0thing, Mar 23, 2018.

  1. k1ngn0thing

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    It appears the modules in the center tend to get hotter and so degrade faster. Apart from shuffling modules, what can be done to mitigate this? Maybe some kind of low-profile heatsink? Additional venting? Thinking I might run a duct from one of the AC vents to the HV cooling intake.
     
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    I've heard of others running ducting before, and there might've even been a product offered for such. Pretty sure it came from underneath the passengers seat and went into the HV fan duct.

    For extra cooling I run Torque with a PID that sets the fan to level "6"
     
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    any idea where I can find that PID and product?
     
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    Jeff at prolong has floated the idea (and was soliciting feedback) about developing a user controllable HV fan device so the driver could control fan speeds and durations.
     
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